Thursday, July 19, 2007

More Black Widow on the way!

I just saw the October Marvel solicitations at Newsarama, and here's what it says about Captain America 31:

THE WINTER SOLDIER HELD PRISONER BY THE RED SKULL! While Sharon and the Falcon race to his rescue, about to cross paths with the Mighty Avenger that Tony Stark has sent hunting our rogue hero – THE BLACK WIDOW!

Will the Red Skull kill both Cap and Bucky? It's anyone's guess, as the second arc of the epic "DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA" storyline opens with a bang!


I'm looking forward to seeing the Black Widow in this book again. I don't think I'd want her as a regular, and particularly wouldn't want to see her as a love interest of any sort, but I think she does make an interesting opponent for the Winter Soldier. She probably knows him a lot better than he knows her, given the vast amount of life experience she has had since they knew each other, and I think inevitably he is going to underestimate or misjudge her because of this.

I always did like the Black Widow, back when I was a kid. I totally missed out on her Daredevil period (don't think I've ever purchased a Daredevil book) but I liked it that even in the Silver Age she was almost always portrayed as competent. I'm not as big a fan these days, but I'm still pleased to see her done well.

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